Alchemy Books For Sale

The following is a continuously edited list of works which I have released which pertain to alchemy. All links are to Amazon.

THE CHEMICAL ARTClick to Purchase
Ficinus’ philosophical work containing an extremely interesting conversation between a necromancer and Satan among other things, with regards to alchemy.

A TRACT OF GREAT PRICEClick to Purchase
An interesting philosophical work of unknown authorship. It relates the generation of metals to the ascension of vapors and their mixing with other materials.

CONCERNING THE TINCTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHERSClick to Purchase
A spurious Paracelsian work of note, openly threatening the enemies of “true” alchemical lore.

THE AURORA OF THE PHILOSOPHERSClick to Purchase
Paracelsus’ work relating the occult to past civilizations and attempting to refute errors in then-modern alchemical philosophy.

THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF HOMERClick to Purchase
A series of statements regarding reality and the practice of creating and transmuting.

THE ROSARY OF THE PHILOSOPHERSClick to Purchase
The longest alchemical text; a series of intricate illustrations and partly metaphoric chemical experiments; equal parts philosophy and physicality.

THE THREE ELIXIRS OF ALCHEMYClick to Purchase
A short work attributed to Hollandus- speaks of the creation of elixir, a universal medicine of cosmic capabilities.

THE TWELVE KEYS OF BASIL VALENTINEClick to Purchase
Mostly philosophical and part metaphor- almost certainly a spurious work of later date. This version omits the attractive but useless woodcuts of later editions.

THREE TREATISES ON ALCHEMYClick to Purchase
The Transmutation of Metals, The Celestial Ruby, and A Fount of Chemical Truth by Philalethes.

A WORK OF SATURNClick to Purchase
Details the creation of universal medicine through purifying and processing lead.

APHORISMS OF URBIGERUSClick to Purchase
A series of 100 alchemical aphorisms which detail the creation of elixir.

ON THE PHILADELPHIAN GOLDClick to Purchase
A philosophical dialogue between Philadelphus and Philochrysus on the topic of spiritual matter.

THE SECRET WORK OF HERMETIC PHILOSOPHYClick to Purchase
A less difficult alchemical manuscript explaining the creation of the stone of the philosophers.

THREE WORKS ON ALCHEMYClick to Purchase
Trithemius’ “Everburning Lights”, Philalethes’ “Alkahest”, and Pontanus’ “Philosophic Fire”.

TURBA PHILOSOPHORUMClick to Purchase
One of the better known and earliest alchemical works in the form of a lengthy dialogue.

TRACT ON THE TINCTURE AND OIL OF ANTIMONYClick to Purchase
A Baconian work of note. Short, but in depth medicinal and chemical practice. Mostly literal.

STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERSClick to Purchase
One of the most interesting works of Kelly, created while under imprisonment. A very literal work claiming that only gold, silver, and quicksilver are used outside of any works of Saturn.

GOLDEN TRACTATE OF HERMESClick to Purchase
A largely explanatory work which seeks to make the process of alchemy more understood.

A SUBTLE ALLEGORYClick to Purchase
A short work by Maier relating alchemy in the tale of the Phoenix as a metaphor.

THE TOMB OF SEMIRAMISClick to Purchase
A short work re-adapting and clarifying Hollandus’ system of elixir creation.

THE SIX KEYS OF EUDOXUSClick to Purchase
A six-step program to crafting the philosopher’s stone and attendant compounds.

FREHER’S PROCESSClick to Purchase
A short and semi-transparent spiritual counterpart to physical alchemy.

THE ONLY TRUE WAYClick to Purchase
A very short tract explaining some major alchemical terms while criticizing past alchemists as frauds.

AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS’ TINCTUREClick to Purchase
A short tract on the compounds prepared for alchemy, using a lot of spiritual metaphor and secondary sources.

CONCERNING THE HERMETIC ARTClick to Purchase
A short academic work detailing some physical and some spiritual alchemical topics.

AULA LUCISClick to Purchase
A short and mostly physical tract that refers to Lully, Trithemius, Philalethes, and more.

THE CATECHISM OF ALCHEMYClick to Purchase
A short work explaining most of the significant topics and ideas of physical alchemy.

NEW CHEMICAL LIGHTClick to Purchase
A fairly lengthy tract by Sendivogius on physical alchemy, transcribed by Waite.